Attack on Titan Season 3 will be airing in a few hours today (Sunday, July 22nd). Here is an FAQ to clear up confusion for those interested.

Hello /r/television! Moderator of /r/ShingekiNoKyojin here! Attack on Titan Season 3 is just a few hours away! We've been getting a lot of questions about Season 3 over the past few days. There's quite a bit of confusion and misinformation being thrown around, so we decided to create an FAQ for everything that we know so far (updated as of July 22nd, 2018). We know this subreddit doesn't usually care for anime, but we thought there may be some fans here who might appreciate this. Hope this helps clear things up! Feel free to share this FAQ with others who are having confusion, and request any information you wish to be added to this. Enjoy, and watch out for spoilers!

Languages other than Japanese or English may take a few hours longer for the episodes to be posted. If you're not willing/able to pay or use a VPN, then you'll have turn to the high seas.

What about English dubs?

Funimation will be posting English Dubbed versions starting in August, a few weeks after the original broadcasts. Toonami will begin broadcasting the dubbed episodes on TV starting August 18th.

I heard the first episode was already available? How?

The first episode was shown to a small audience at Anime Expo on July 8th. It was also shown in select theatres in the US and Canada on July 10th (subbed version) and July 11th (dubbed version). There are currently a few camera recordings of the episode available on the internet. The episode will not be broadcast to everyone until the formal premiere.

How long will it be?

While no official information has been released, credible sources imply that Season 3 will be 24 episodes long (2 cours). Official manga advertising from Kodansha USA indicates that it will cover 10 volumes of the manga, which would require 2 cours to fit. YonkouProductions, a very reliable leaker, also confirms.

Will it be faithful to the source material?

The author of the manga, Isayama Hajime, revealed in an interview included in the Season 2 Blu-ray boxset that he was “disappointed” with his work on Volumes 13-16 (which will be covered in Season 3). He says: “Hopefully, now that Season 3 is being made, I’ll have the chance to wipe away that regret and replace it with something I’m proud of.” This indicates that there will be some differences between the manga version and the animated version, but we don’t know yet exactly what those changes will be like.

Based on the Season 3 premiere event, it is evident that the pacing and order of certain scenes is being shifted around. Some events were shortened, some were apparently skipped over, and some were moved to different points of time with different contexts. Until the rest of Season 3 airs, it will be difficult to tell how extensive the changes will be. However, it seems as if the core story will remain identical to the manga, and will simply be executed differently.

Will it be censored?

Although there were some rumours about Season 3 being censored more than previous seasons, staff members confirmed in an interview that the change in network will not affect production. The premiere episode also depicted violent scenes, so it is safe to say that there will be no extra censorship.

What will the release schedule be like?

The episodes will come out one at a time, week by week. There might be a break between the first half of the season and the second half (possibly a recap episode like in Season 1), but this is not confirmed.

Will it be on Netflix?

There is no news yet regarding Netflix. Netflix didn't get Season 1 until a long time after it had aired and they still don't have Season 2, so don't get your hopes up.

What's with the new opening credits song?

For this season, the opening song will be "Red Swan" by Yoshiki feat. HYDE. This is different from previous seasons, which had their OPs done by Linked Horizon. The full song has not yet been released, and the OP has not yet been played anywhere.

I don't remember the story so far, is there a summary?

I want to read the manga, where do I start?

Season 1 went up to Chapter 33. Season 2 went up to Chapter 50. So you can start reading from Chapter 51 (the start of Volume 13). There are not many significant differences, other than the final battle of Season 1, some filler, and some characters having different personalities (i.e. in the manga Eren is less angry and Hange is less crazy). The manga releases at a rate of one ~45 page chapter per month, officially on the 8th of each month. Though sometimes the chapters leak a few days early.

Where will Season 3 end?

Based on some advertising and some content from the premiere, it will likely end at Chapter 90 (Volume 22).

What about Season 4?

There is as yet no news about Season 4. Last year, Season 3 was announced immediately after the Season 2 finale. Hopefully the same will happen this year.

Will it be good?

There's no way I can give a definitive answer to this. This season will be covering 2 arcs, the first of which is somewhat controversial, but the second of which is more widely praised. However, both arcs have their share of fans and critics, and we don’t even know yet what kind of changes will be made to the source material. Ultimately, there are many vastly differing opinions on the quality. You'll have to wait and see, and decide for yourself.

Where should I look for official news?

The official website is the main source of announcements and news. Funimation, Crunchyroll, and Anime News Network are also all trustworthy sources. SNK News is another excellent source of information. News will be posted to /r/ShingekiNoKyojin. The Attack on Titan Wikia is very well curated and posts announcements as well. Beware spoilers and trolls seeking to spread lies. Don’t completely trust sources such as MyAnimeList.net or Wikipedia, as they can be edited by anyone, and will sometimes contain fake rumours.

Another thanks from me I avoided looking when the next season came out after the season 1-2 break was so long I didn't want to tourture myself like that again. I feel like a kid waking up thinking its may and somehow its Christmas day!

Its been out for a while. Honestly though, i think they took too long to release it that all the hype for the show died down. I mean when is the last time you heard Attack on Titan mentioned anywhere? Except for now by the way

Big change of pace and tone. It's more political, dialogue-heavy, focuses on Titans less. There's also a lot of weird moments and the pacing gets really slow at parts. Some people also don't like how the arc wraps up.

Though the anime so far is changing up the pacing so those criticisms might be alleviated in the animated version. We'll see!

I hope they keep the political aspects of it in place, it actually makes the human aspects of the show so much deeper in my opinion. Admittedly they could liven it up a bit by changing the pacing and putting more titan related events in during.

I feel for those who could only read it one chapter a month. Must have been so boring.I discovered this series way later and could just blaze through the entire arc at my own pace, so I thought the arc was really interesting. Very different from the chapters before, but still fun.I think it will be great in the anime. Probably the best version of the story.

Admins please fix your markdown and spoiler tags.
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